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diff --git a/‎lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/axes_divider.py
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diff --git a/‎lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/axes_rgb.py
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diff --git a/‎lib/mpl_toolkits/axisartist/axes_divider.py
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@@ -872,18 +872,15 @@ class LocatableAxesBase(object):
     pass
 
 
-@functools.lru_cache(None)
+@cbook.deprecated('3.0',
+                  addendum=' There is no alternative. Classes derived from '
+                           'matplotlib.axes.Axes provide this functionality '
+                           'already.')
 def locatable_axes_factory(axes_class):
-    return type("Locatable%s" % axes_class.__name__,
-                (axes_class, ),
-                {'_axes_class': axes_class})
+    return axes_class
 
 
 def make_axes_locatable(axes):
-    if not hasattr(axes, "set_axes_locator"):
-        new_class = locatable_axes_factory(type(axes))
-        axes.__class__ = new_class
-
     divider = AxesDivider(axes)
     locator = divider.new_locator(nx=0, ny=0)
     axes.set_axes_locator(locator)
@@ -906,4 +903,4 @@ def make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax,
 
 #from matplotlib.axes import Axes
 from .mpl_axes import Axes
-LocatableAxes = locatable_axes_factory(Axes)
+LocatableAxes = Axes
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import numpy as np
-from .axes_divider import make_axes_locatable, Size, locatable_axes_factory
+
+from .axes_divider import make_axes_locatable, Size
 from .mpl_axes import Axes
 
 
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ def make_rgb_axes(ax, pad=0.01, axes_class=None, add_all=True):
     ax_rgb = []
     if axes_class is None:
         try:
-            axes_class = locatable_axes_factory(ax._axes_class)
+            axes_class = ax._axes_class
         except AttributeError:
-            axes_class = locatable_axes_factory(type(ax))
+            axes_class = type(ax)
 
     for ny in [4, 2, 0]:
         ax1 = axes_class(ax.get_figure(),
 
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
     make_axes_locatable)
 
 from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.axislines import Axes
-LocatableAxes = locatable_axes_factory(Axes)
+LocatableAxes = Axes